New tariffs, supply issues push Fairfield's winter salt costs up
Town Administrator Cathy Ainsworth told the Selectboard that U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and a continuing chloride shortage are driving up salt costs; last year the town budgeted $60,000 but spent $81,000, and this year it budgeted $70,000 while awaiting a contract rate from Cargill.
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Town Administrator Cathy Ainsworth told the Selectboard that newly implemented U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods will affect winter salt imports and compound an ongoing chloride shortage that may persist into the coming winter.
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